Edip Erkus, Mehmet Zahid Kocak, Gulali Aktas, Haluk Savli.
Celiac Disease; An Unusual Case In An Elderly. Diagnosed Only If Considered.
Professional Med J Jan ;24(8):1253-5.

Celiac Disease (CD) is an autoimmune disorder based on immune response to gluten in genetically predisposed subjects. Five subtypes of CD has been described; classical disease, atypical disease, silent disease, latent disease, potential disease. Literature consists at least five different definition of latent CD. We aimed to present a unique latent CD case in an elderly woman, who referred with anemia, hypoalbuminemia and vitamin D deficiency. She responded well to initiation of gluten free diet.

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